# 2012–13 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup

The 2012–13 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 19 October 2012 and ended on 12 February 2013. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

## Calendar
### Men
#### Calgary

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 23 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 500m | J. R. Celski (USA) WR | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | John-Henry Krueger (USA) |
| 22 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 1000m (1) | Vladimir Grigorev (RUS) | Olivier Jean (CAN) | J. R. Celski (USA) |
| 22 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 1000m (2) | Victor An (RUS) | Michael Gilday (CAN) | Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) |
| 23 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 1500m | Noh Jinkyu (KOR) | Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) | Charles Hamelin (CAN) |
| 23 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 5000m relay | South Korea | Russia | Canada |

#### Montreal

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 27 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 500m (1) | Liang Wenhao (CHN) | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | Olivier Jean (CAN) |
| 28 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 500m (2) | Guillaume Bastille (CAN) | Michael Gilday (CAN) | Liam McFarlane (CAN) |
| 28 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1000m | Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | Noh Jinkyu (KOR) |
| 27 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1500m | Noh Jinkyu (KOR) | J. R. Celski (USA) | Semen Elistratov (RUS) |
| 28 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 5000m relay | South Korea | China | United States |

#### Nagoya

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 500m | Robert Seifert (GER) | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | Travis Jayner (USA) |
| 1 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 1000m | Victor An (RUS) | J. R. Celski (USA) | Noh Jin-kyu (KOR) |
| 1 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 1500m (1) | Kim Byeong-jun (KOR) | Sin Da-woon (KOR) | Charles Hamelin (CAN) |
| 2 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 1500m (2) | Noh Jin-kyu (KOR) | Sin Da-woon (KOR) | Sjinkie Knegt (NED) |
| 2 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 5000m relay | South Korea | Netherlands | China |

#### Shanghai

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 9 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 500m | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | Vladimir Grigorev (RUS) | Wu Dajing (CHN) |
| 8 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 1000m (1) | Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) | Liang Wenhao (CHN) | Niels Kerstholt (NED) |
| 9 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 1000m (2) | Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) | Victor An (RUS) | Noh Jinkyu (KOR) |
| 8 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 1500m | Victor An (RUS) | Noh Jinkyu (KOR) | Guillaume Bastille (CAN) |
| 9 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 5000m relay | South Korea | Netherlands | Canada |

#### Sochi

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 500m (1) | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | Wu Dajing (CHN) | Vladimir Grigorev (RUS) |
| 3 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 500m (2) | Wu Dajing (CHN) | Yu Jiyang (CHN) | Vladimir Grigorev (RUS) |
| 3 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 1000m | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | Semen Elistratov (RUS) | J. R. Celski (USA) |
| 2 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 1500m | Noh Jinkyu (KOR) | Kim Yun-Jae (KOR) | Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) |
| 3 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 5000m relay | Russia | Netherlands | China |

#### Dresden

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 10 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 500m | Liang Wenhao (CHN) | Wu Dajing (CHN) | Niels Kerstholt (NED) |
| 9 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1000m | Liang Wenhao (CHN) | Charle Cournoyer (CAN) | Victor An (RUS) |
| 9 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (1) | Sin Da-Woon (KOR) | J. R. Celski (USA) | Guillaume Bastille (CAN) |
| 10 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (2) | Noh Jinkyu (KOR) | Kim Yun-Jae (KOR) | Victor An (RUS) |
| 10 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 5000m relay | South Korea | Netherlands | Russia |

### Women
#### Calgary

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 23 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 500m | Wang Meng (CHN) | Liu Qiuhong (CHN) | Arianna Fontana (ITA) |
| 22 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 1000m (1) | Lee Soyoun (KOR) | Elise Christie (GBR) | Liu Qiuhong (CHN) |
| 22 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 1000m (2) | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Marie-Ève Drolet (CAN) | Kim Min-Jung (KOR) |
| 23 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 1500m | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Cho Ha-Ri (KOR) | Li Jianrou (CHN) |
| 23 October 2012 | Olympic Oval | 3000m relay | South Korea | China | Japan |

#### Montreal

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 27 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 500m (1) | Wang Meng (CHN) | Jessica Gregg (CAN) | Liu Qiuhong (CHN) |
| 28 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 500m (2) | Jessica Gregg (CAN) | Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) | Caroline Truchon (CAN) |
| 28 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1000m | Valérie Maltais (CAN) | Elise Christie (GBR) | Cho Ha-Ri (KOR) |
| 27 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1500m | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Cho Ha-Ri (KOR) | Li Jianrou (CHN) |
| 28 October 2012 | Maurice Richard Arena | 3000m relay | China | Canada | Japan |

#### Nagoya

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 500m | Wang Meng (CHN) | Liu Qiuhong (CHN) | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) |
| 1 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 1000m | Elise Christie (GBR) | Kim Min-Jung (KOR) | Lee Soyoun (KOR) |
| 1 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 1500m (1) | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Park Seung-Hi (KOR) | Cho Ha-Ri (KOR) |
| 2 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 1500m (2) | Lee Soyoun (KOR) | Elise Christie (GBR) | Kong Xue (CHN) |
| 2 December 2012 | Nippon Gaishi Hall | 3000m relay | China | South Korea | Japan |

#### Shanghai

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 9 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 500m | Wang Meng (CHN) | Fan Kexin (CHN) | Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) |
| 8 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 1000m (1) | Park Seung-Hi (KOR) | Wang Meng (CHN) | Elise Christie (GBR) |
| 9 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 1000m (2) | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Li Jianrou (CHN) | Kim Min-Jung (KOR) |
| 8 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 1500m | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Li Jianrou (CHN) | Cho Ha-Ri (KOR) |
| 9 December 2012 | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 3000m relay | China | Japan | Italy |

#### Sochi

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 500m (1) | Wang Meng (CHN) | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | Liu Qiuhong (CHN) |
| 3 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 500m (2) | Fan Kexin (CHN) | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | Gabrielle Williamson-Derraugh (CAN) |
| 3 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 1000m | Park Seung-Hi (KOR) | Elise Christie (GBR) | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) |
| 2 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 1500m | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Li Jianrou (CHN) | Elise Christie (GBR) |
| 3 February 2013 | Iceberg Skating Palace | 3000m relay | China | Canada | Italy |

#### Dresden

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 10 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 500m | Wang Meng (CHN) | Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) | Liu Qiuhong (CHN) |
| 9 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1000m | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Lee Soyoun (KOR) | Park Seung-Hi (KOR) |
| 9 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (1) | Elise Christie (GBR) | Kim Min-Jung (KOR) | Marie-Ève Drolet (CAN) |
| 10 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (2) | Shim Suk Hee (KOR) | Kim Min-Jung (KOR) | Li Jianrou (CHN) |
| 10 February 2013 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 3000m relay | Netherlands | Canada | China |

## World Cup standings

* Note – Standings are calculated on the best 6 out of 8 results for the individual distances
| Men's 500 metres After 8 of 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Charles Hamelin (CAN)4400 2. Wu Dajing (CHN)3650 3. Liang Wenhao (CHN)2731 4. Vladimir Grigorev (RUS)2653 5. Robert Seifert (GER)2056 | Women's 500 metres After 8 of 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Wang Meng (CHN)6000 2. Liu Qiuhong (CHN)3730 3. Fan Kexin (CHN)3562 4. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN)3372 5. Arianna Fontana (ITA)2722 |
| Men's 1000 metres After 8 of 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR)4023 2. Victor An (RUS)3812 3. Noh Jinkyu (KOR)3456 4. J. R. Celski (USA)2592 5. Liang Wenhao (CHN)2528 | Women's 1000 metres After 8 of 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Elise Christie (GBR)4552 2. Shim Suk Hee (KOR)3640 3. Park Seung-Hi (KOR)2640 4. Lee Soyoun (KOR)2475 5. Liu Qiuhong (CHN)2444 |
| Men's 1500 metres After 8 of 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Noh Jinkyu (KOR)5800 2. Victor An (RUS)3336 3. Sin Da-Woon (KOR)2928 4. Semen Elistratov (RUS)2418 5. Guillaume Bastille (CAN)2072 | Women's 1500 metres After 8 of 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Shim Suk Hee (KOR)6000 2. Li Jianrou (CHN)3548 3. Kim Min-Jung (KOR)3136 4. Cho Ha-Ri (KOR)2880 5. Elise Christie (GBR)2440 |
| Men's 5000 metre relay After 6 of 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1. South Korea4000 2. Netherlands3200 3. Russia2952 4. China2592 5. Canada2100 | Women's 3000 metre relay After 6 of 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1. China4000 2. Canada2992 3. South Korea2824 4. Japan2720 5. Italy2100 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 29 | 14 | 14 | 57 |
| 2 | China | 15 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Canada | 6 | 15 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 180 |